The much-anticipated wait is over, as we unveil the 2025 Football Player of the Year Nominees. The next step is an internal process to whittle the list down to a finalist group of 5-7 players, with select others (those right on the bubble) being put up for a Last Finalist Fan Vote. There are 116 POY Nominees.

After that vote, the finalists are up for a BLITZ POY final vote by an internal panel made up of local media, where the players are voted on Heisman-style to determine the winner.

*BLITZ used season stats to select up to 11 nominees per team*
**BOLD = teams still active 

**awaiting some info on additional OL that will be added**

A-D

• Jackson Adams – Habersham Central SR DL #18 – 67 TKL, 11 TFL, 5 Sacks, 6 QBH
• Savion Anderson – White County SO RB/DB #6 – 307 rush yds, 3 TD; 29 rec yds, 1 TD; 53 TKL, 1 TFL, 1 FR
• DJ Appleby – Franklin County SR RB/DE #0 – 344 rush yds, 3 TD; 16 rec yds
• Isaiah Arthur – Stephens County JR DB #5 – 91 TKL, 1 TFL, 2 INT, 2 FR, 1 FF, 8 PD
• Alex Baert – Towns County SO RB #3 – 1,317 rush yds, 13 TD; 118 rec yds, 2 TD, 1 KOR TD, 1 FR TD; 53 TKL, 10 TFL, 2 Sacks, 1 INT (1 TD), 2 FR, 1 PBU, 13 QBH
• Dustin Barrett – Towns County SR QB/DB #1 – 788 pass yds, 10 TD, 6 INT; 495 rush yds, 9 TD; 39 TKL, 2 TFL, 3 INT
• Dylan Berardinelli – Jefferson JR LB #34 – 82 TKL, 8 TFL, 1 INT
• Jacob Berardinelli – Jefferson JR LB #21 – 76 TKL, 2 TFL, 3 PD
• Brock Brady – Rabun County SO LB #9 – 51 TKL, 8 TFL, 3 Sacks, 1 INT, 2 FF, 1 PD
• Max Brown – Jefferson JR LB/RB #1 – 421 rush yds, 4 TD, 1 KOR TD; 43 TKL, 11 TFL, 1 FR (only 5 games played)
• Sawyer Burgess – Habersham Central SR LB #14 – 36 TKL, 2 TFL, 1 INT, 1 FF, 1 PBU, 2 PD
• Haze Burnett – Union County SO WR #10 – 369 rec yds, 4 TD, 21 rec
• Reed Burrell – Rabun County JR WR/DB #11 – 273 rec yds, 3 TD, 17 rec; 42 TKL, 2 TFL, 1 INT, 4 PD
• Kennan ‘Duke’ Burtch – Franklin County JR DL/OL #60
• Bronc Cash – Commerce SO LB #45 – 89 TKL, 12 TFL, 2 Sacks, 3 FR, 1 FF, 1 PD, 1 QBH
• Carson Cheek – Franklin County JR RB #24 – 481 rush yds, 7 TD; 113 rec yds
• Gaines Clark – White County JR WR #1 – 343 rec yds, 5 TD, 27 rec; 7 TKL, 1 FR
• Jayden Cohen – Dawson County SO #19 – 57 TKL, 3 TFL, 2 INT, 3 PD
• Kymani Colbert – Stephens County SR DL #33 – 71 TKL, 19 TFL, 5 Sacks, 11 QBH
• Duke Collins – Stephens County SO DB/WR #26 – 351 rec yds, 1 TD, 26 rec; 58 TKL, 2 TFL, 1 INT, 4 PD
• Chetley Cox – Union County JR ATH #6 – 190 rush yds, 3 TD; 121 rec yds, 9 rec; 278 pass yds, 3 TD
• Casey Crane – White County JR LB #15 – 61 TKL, 1 TFL
• Griffin Cunningham – Habersham Central JR LB #20 – 69 TKL, 7 TFL, 2 INT, 2 FF, 2 PBU, 4 PD, 2 QBH
• Landon Curry – Dawson County SO OL #62
• CJ Davis – Habersham Central JR LB #3 – 65 TKL, 15.5 TFL, 5 Sacks, 1 FR, 1 FF, 1 BLK, 2 PBU, 2 PD, 5 QBH
• Mason Davis – Franklin County SR WR #6 – 133 rec yds, 1 TD, 11 rec
• Mikey Davis – Union County SO WR #5 – 539 rec yds, 5 TD, 36 rec
• Tylon Davis – Habersham Central SR WR #1 – 325 rec yds, 2 TD, 22 rec

E-J

• Logan Edmunds – Jefferson SR WR #4 – 375 rec yds, 3 TD, 20 rec
• Dylan Edwards – Dawson County SR WR #15 – 637 rec yds, 4 TD, 48 rec
• Tucker Engert – Towns County SO WR #10 – 250 rec yds, 1 TD, 26 rec; 6 TKL, 5 PBU
• Lake Evans – Rabun County SR RB/LB #1 – 699 rush yds, 9 TD; 114 rec yds, 1 TD; 23 TKL, 2 TFL, 1 QBH
• Peyton Feaster – Stephens County JR LB #17 – 65 TKL, 10 TFL, 1 Sack, 1 INT, 1 FR, 1 BLK, 1 PD, 7 QBH
• Jacob Felkai – Dawson County SR K/DB #18 – 21 TKL, 2 INT, 5 PD; 6/9 FG, 30 LNG, 16/17 PAT; 24 TB, 1 Punt IN20
• Jay Feltus – Habersham Central JR WR #11 – 575 rec yds, 6 TD, 37 rec
• Gunner Franklin – Union County JR OL/DL #68
• Alex Freeman – White County SR QB #8 – 1,563 pass yds, 16 TD, 11 INT; 1 rush TD
• JK Fruster – Rabun County JR LB #6 – 49 TKL, 7 TFL, 1 Sack, 1 QBH, 1 PD
• Reid Giles – Rabun County SR RB #15 – 1,080 rush yds, 17 TD; 609 rec yds, 5 TD, 2 KOR TD; 47 TKL, 3 TFL, 3 INT, 1 BLK, 4 PD
• Zach Godfrey – White County JR WR/DB #2 – 544 rec yds, 6 TD, 38 rec; 64 TKL, 2 TFL, 2 INT, 1 FF, 1 FR; 427 K/P Ret Yds
• Alan Godinez – Union County JR DL #75
• Zach Gordon – Rabun County SR OL #61 – Highest Rated OL; 1 Sack
• Colton Grant – Jefferson SR QB #10 – 797 pass yds, 7 TD, 3 INT; 308 rush yds, 8 TD
• Dallas Hague – Stephens County FR RB #18 – 485 rush yds, 8 TD
• Elliott Harbin – Franklin County SO QB #11 – 86 pass yds, 2 TD, 2 INT; 174 rush yds, 3 TD
• Keyes Harbin – Franklin County SR QB #33 – 164 pass yds, 1 TD; 237 rush yds, 4 TD
• Wolf Harbin – Lumpkin County SR DB #0 – 57 TKL, 1 TFL, 1 FF, 1 PD; 80 rec yds, 7 rec
• Noah Harkins – Habersham Central JR LB #24 – 77 TKL, 7.5 TFL, 1 Sack, 1 FF, 4 QBH
• CJ Hays – Jefferson FR RB #43 – 697 rush yds, 7 TD (only 5 games played)
• Mason Hester – Lumpkin County SR QB #14 – 1,436 pass yds, 12 TD, 7 INT; 157 rush yds, 1 TD
• TJ Hilber – Rabun County SR DL #53 – 21 TKL, 8 TFL, 4 Sacks
• Conner Holtzclaw – Stephens County SR DL #77 – 55 TKL, 9 TFL, 1 Sack
• Josiah Holtzclaw – Dawson County JR LB #33 – 66 TKL, 0.5 Sacks, 2 QBH, 1 PD
• Ethan Hopper – Rabun County SR DL #55 – 49 TKL, 10 TFL, 2.5 Sacks, 1 INT (TD), 1 FF, 1 FR, 17 QBH
• Demarco Huff – Commerce FR RB #11 – 398 rush yds, 4 TD; 38 rec yds; 15 TKL
• Martin Hulsey – Lumpkin County SO WR #10 – 470 rec yds, 6 TD, 44 rec
• Zykel Ingram – Banks County JR ATH #3 – 250 pass yds, 1 TD; 215 rush yds, 4 TD; 53 rec yds, 2 TD

K-N

• Rivers Kelley – Lumpkin County SR LB #57 – 53 TKL, 3 TFL, 3 Sacks
• Kamden Kendrick – Union County SO QB #17 – 1,029 pass yds, 8 TD, 8 INT; 80 rush yds, 1 TD
• Tate Kirk – Commerce SO QB #17 – 886 pass yds, 9 TD, 5 INT; 30 rush yds
• Davian Knox – Banks County SR RB #8 – 865 rush yds, 3 TD; 100 rec yds
• Noel Lammers – White County SR RB/DE #24 – 341 rush yds; 70 rec yds; 26 TKL, 1 Sack
• Vincent Ledbetter – Jefferson SR OL #53 – Highest Rated OL
• Hensel Lobo-Martinez – Towns County SR OL/DL #99 – 34 TKL, 3 TFL, 0.5 Sacks, 1 FR, 12 QBH
• Essien Lockleer – Commerce JR WR #5 – 484 rec yds, 4 TD, 37 rec
• Martin Lunsford – Franklin County SR LB #25
• Jace Lyle – Commerce JR RB #2 – 767 rush yds, 8 TD; 147 rec yds
• Nolan Matthews – Lumpkin County SR RB #6 – 1,922 rush yds, 26 TD; 141 rec yds, 1 TD; 250 KR yds
• Jadyn Mattie – Dawson County SR DB #4 – 75 TKL, 2 TFL, 3 FR, 5 PD, 1 BLK
• Jeremiah Mayfield – Franklin County SR CB #13 – 7 INT
• Cody McBrayer – Dawson County JR RB #24 – 1,174 rush yds, 13 TD; 91 rec yds
• Taylor McCall – Jefferson SR K #5 – 8/9 FG, Long 45, 28/31 PAT
• Camden Meads – Habersham Central SR K/P #48 – 4/5 FG, Long 41, 33/36 PAT, 21 Punts, 40.3 AVG, 4 I20
• Lane Morris – Banks County SR QB #6 – 800 rush yds, 7 TD; 290 pass yds, 4 TD
• Shamar Myles – Commerce SR DB #8 – 80 TKL, 6 TFL, 4 Sacks, 1 INT, 1 FR, 4 QBH, 1 PD
• Mike Nichols – Lumpkin County SR #2 – 55 TKL, 2 TFL, 1 INT, 1 FR
• Jacob Nicholson – Towns County SR DL #52 – 73 TKL, 18 TFL, 2.5 Sacks, 1 FR, 23 QBH

O-R

• Zoonk Patterson – Stephens County SO DB #22 – 93 TKL, 1 TFL, 3 INT, 1 FR, 11 PD
• Chance Payne – Jefferson SR S #6 – 30 TKL, 3 TFL, 1 Sack, 3 INT, 3 PD
• Reid Penrose – White County SR LB #9 – 100 TKL, 6 TFL, 2 Sacks, 4 INT; 176 rec yds, 1 TD
• Morris Perkins – Stephens County JR LB/RB #7 – 80 TKL, 9 TFL, 2 Sacks, 5 FF, 1 FR, 9 QBH, 2 PD; 154 rush yds, 4 TD; 63 rec yds
• Paxton Phillips – Dawson County SR WR #2 – 520 rec yds, 0 TD, 37 rec; 51 TKL, 2 FF
• Darren Pinkard – Jefferson SR LB #8 – 51 TKL, 12 TFL, 5 Sacks, 2 INT, 2 PD
• Sutton Porter – Habersham Central JR DB #25 – 58 TKL, 0.5 TFL, 2 INT, 3 FR, 1 FF, 2 PBU, 4 PD
• MacLane Powell – Lumpkin County JR WR #1 – 517 rec yds, 4 TD, 40 rec
• Eli Primm – Jefferson JR LB #7 – 74 TKL, 1 TFL, 1 FR, 1 PD; 189 rush yds, 2 TD
• Bentley Rich – Union County JR RB #4 – 948 rsh yds, 10 TD; 10 rec yds
• Dayden Rogers – Banks County SR #2 – 2 INT; missing defensive stats; 251 rush yds, 2 TD; 63 rec yds

S-T

• Sam Sarafin – Towns County SO WR/DB #5 – 212 rec yds, 3 TD, 21 rec; 121 rush yds, 2 TD; 72 TKL, 5 TFL, 2 INT, 1 FF
• Brody Sorensen – Dawson County SO ATH #16 – 548 pass yds, 2 TD, 0 INT; 88 rush yds, 4 TD; 228 rec yds, 2 TD, 14 rec
• Ty Sorrells – Commerce JR WR #0 – 430 rec yds, 7 TD, 28 rec; 139 rush yds, 2 TD; 313 K/P ret yds; 13 TKL, 1 INT
• Daylen Sosebee – Towns County SR LB #7 – 73 TKL, 9 TFL, 0.5 Sacks, 1 FF, 1 FR, 9 QBH
• Luke Sosebee – Stephens County SR C #68
• Blake Spear – Commerce SR DB #13 – 92 TKL, 5 TFL, 2 Sacks, 1 QBH, 3 PD
• Davon Swinton – Stephens County SR WR/DB #6 – 582 rec yds, 5 TD, 46 rec; 84 rush yds, 2 TD; 20 pass yds, 1 TD; 10 TKL, 2 INT, 1 PD
• Rob Thompson – Union County JR DB #20
• Courtland Tillery – Jefferson JR OL #74 – High Rated OL
• Ty Truelove – Rabun County SR QB #2 – 1,507 pass yds, 15 TD, 1 INT; 541 rush yds, 6 TD

U-Z

• Morgan Walker – Towns County SR LB #14 – 102 TKL, 6 TFL, 1 FF, 1 FR, 2 QBH
• Micah Wallace – Union County SO LB #27
• Nava Ware – Franklin County SR RB #1 – 511 rush yds, 5 TD; 57 rec yds
• Donnie Warren – Habersham Central SR RB #0 – 1,455 rush yds, 17 TD; 145 rec yds, 1 TD
• Luke Waters – Stephens County SR K #15 – 7/12 FG, Long 53 (2x), 27/27 PAT, 28 TB, 29 Punts, 39.6 AVG, LNG 57, 8 IN20
• Caden Watson – Banks County SR DB/WR #4 – 3 INT; 255 rec yds, 2 TD
• Gunnar Weaver – Dawson County JR QB #5 – 1,206 pass yds, 6 TD, 3 INT; 250 rush yds, 7 TD
• Caleb Wendl – Lumpkin County SR LB #34 – 62 TKL, 5 TFL, 2 Sacks; 122 rush yds, 1 TD
• Rivers West – Commerce SO #10 – 74 TKL, 1 TFL, 1 Sack
• Knox Whitworth – Franklin County FR QB #7 – 228 pass yds, 2 TD, 1 INT; 115 rush yds, 2 TD
• Paris Wilbanks – Habersham Central JR QB #7 – 1,381 pass yds, 13 TD, 5 INT; 245 rush yds, 6 TD
• Josiah Williams – White County JR DE #0 – 49 TKL, 6 TFL, 1 FF
• Mack Williams – Rabun County JR DL #45 – 37 TKL, 5 TFL, 5 Sacks, 1 FF, 8 QBH
• Cole Woods – Franklin County SR WR #2 – 171 rec yds, 3 TD, 4 rec
• Owen Wooten – Dawson County SR LB #48 – 60 TKL, 2 TFL, 1 QBH
• Ryan Yearwood – Rabun County JR DL #54 – 37 TKL, 7 TFL, 2 Sacks, 1 INT, 2 FR, 11 QBH
• Parks York – Habersham Central JR DB #4 – 60 TKL, 10 TFL, 3 INT, 1 FR, 3 PD, 1 QBH
• Grayson Youngblood – Towns County SR LB #2 – 57 TKL, 5 TFL, 1 Sack, 1 FR, 1 PBU, 11 QBH